Free games like Horde Beyond
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Horde Beyond, ranked by player overlap and content similarity. No purchase or Steam login required to view the list. Every pick is a full free-to-play title — not a demo, trial, or time-limited giveaway. imho.run's catalogue refreshes daily, so newly free or newly popular titles surface here without manual editing.
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Ranked picks
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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Free-to-play alternative to Horde Beyond — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Horde Beyond.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to Horde Beyond — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Horde Beyond.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Disfigure
Free-to-play alternative to Horde Beyond — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Horde Beyond.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
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The Lab
Free-to-play alternative to Horde Beyond — no purchase or trial window.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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SuchArt: Creative Space
Free-to-play alternative to Horde Beyond — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Horde Beyond.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
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Electoral Carnage
Free-to-play alternative to Horde Beyond — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Early Access with Horde Beyond.
Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?
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Aircar
Free-to-play alternative to Horde Beyond — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Horde Beyond.
A simple immersive flying game built for VR. Pilot an aircar through a futuristic cityscape.
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The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Horde Beyond — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Horde Beyond.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.